Sold!

So it is official. We have sold the house. It kind of strikes me as odd that we closed on the same day as Dad's birthday. He must've been watching out for us. :) It doesn't seem very real to me yet for some odd reason, but it's true. I'm feeling something of a bittersweet relief right now. I'm very sad to see it go, but at the same time very relieved to have the worry off of my shoulders. I can't believe we got if off of our hands in 5.5 weeks--3 weeks really from when we got the initial offer. I thought for sure it'd be months before we sold. So yay! for not blowing thru our savings!

Although, I have to say, it certainly does seem like the universe is telling us that we made the right choice. I mean looking at the obstacles we faced in making the decision to move out here, it seemed like we really had some challenges ahead of us. But within 6 weeks, Brian found a job, we found a place to live and now we've sold the house. All huge things that could have easily taken a heck of a lot longer than 6 weeks. So did we make the right choice in coming out here? Judging from this recent series of major life events, it certainly seems like we did. I still say that decision was the hardest choice I ever had to make, but so far it looks like it's been a good one.

So what's next? Well, we can relax a little bit about our financial situation. There's rumors rumbling about those crazy Ducheks thinking about trading in their Lancer for a convertible. Mmmm....I do miss my Eclipse. We've also booked our tickets for our trip back to Chicago at the end of July. We hope that we have the chance to visit with everyone in IL!